River Bend Repair / Vaughan Howard Architects with InPlace

I'd first like to acknowledge the Wurundjeri woi wurrung people of the Kulin Nations. Traditional custodians of Garambi Bannj, and pay my respects to their continued caring for country, which has particular resonance for this project. Riverbend house (previously Cuming House) is located in Eltham, where the wide floodplains of the Yarra Valley narrow into the steep-sided and tree-lined Warrandyte Gorge. Specifically, it is located on Laughing Waters Road, which, through deep time, has been a place of great social, cultural, and environmental significance. The last remaining Wurundjeri stone eel trap on the Birrarung sits on a bend in the river below Riverbend House, and Wurundjeri reasserted their cultural practices a number of years ago through the re-scarring of trees.